diff --git a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/kotlin/captures.ts b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/kotlin/captures.ts
index d58f4981c..68b01e421 100644
--- a/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/kotlin/captures.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/src/core/ingestion/languages/kotlin/captures.ts
@@ -95,19 +95,25 @@ const KOTLIN_CALLABLE_CAPTURE_OPTIONS = {
 const isKotlinComment = (node: SyntaxNode): boolean =>
   node.type === 'line_comment' || node.type === 'multiline_comment';
 
+const namedNonComments = (node: SyntaxNode): SyntaxNode[] =>
+  node.namedChildren.filter(
+    (child): child is SyntaxNode => child !== null && !isKotlinComment(child),
+  );
+
 /**
  * Branches of a Kotlin value-selecting expression (#3354). `a ?: b` is a
  * FIELDLESS `elvis_expression` (positional operands), so the shared
  * field-based rule never saw it and only the last operand flowed. An
  * `if_expression` fields its branches as `control_structure_body` wrappers:
- * a wrapper holding one expression is that expression's value, anything
- * else (a multi-statement block) keeps the whole `if` one opaque source.
+ * a bare branch (`if (c) ::f`) holds the expression directly, a braced one
+ * (`if (c) { ::f }`) nests it one level deeper in a `statements` node. A
+ * branch holding exactly one expression is that expression's value; an
+ * empty or multi-statement block, or an `if` without `else`, keeps the
+ * whole `if` one opaque source.
  */
 function kotlinValueAlternatives(node: SyntaxNode): readonly SyntaxNode[] | undefined {
   if (node.type === 'elvis_expression') {
-    const operands = node.namedChildren.filter(
-      (child): child is SyntaxNode => child !== null && !isKotlinComment(child),
-    );
+    const operands = namedNonComments(node);
     return operands.length === 2 ? operands : undefined;
   }
   if (node.type !== 'if_expression') return undefined;
@@ -115,9 +121,9 @@ function kotlinValueAlternatives(node: SyntaxNode): readonly SyntaxNode[] | unde
   for (const field of ['consequence', 'alternative'] as const) {
     const body = node.childForFieldName(field);
     if (body === null) return [node];
-    const values = body.namedChildren.filter(
-      (child): child is SyntaxNode => child !== null && !isKotlinComment(child),
-    );
+    let values = namedNonComments(body);
+    const [block] = values;
+    if (values.length === 1 && block?.type === 'statements') values = namedNonComments(block);
     const [value] = values;
     if (values.length !== 1 || value === undefined) return [node];
     branches.push(value);
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/kotlin-callable-alternatives/App.kt b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/kotlin-callable-alternatives/App.kt
index 58bef2c21..b7b406a85 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/kotlin-callable-alternatives/App.kt
+++ b/gitnexus/test/fixtures/lang-resolution/kotlin-callable-alternatives/App.kt
@@ -11,3 +11,20 @@ fun ifExpression(fast: Boolean) {
     val run = if (fast) ::runThen else ::runElse
     run()
 }
+
+fun runBracedThen() {}
+fun runBracedElse() {}
+
+fun braced(fast: Boolean) {
+    val run = if (fast) { ::runBracedThen } else { ::runBracedElse }
+    run()
+}
+
+fun log() {}
+fun runBlockThen() {}
+fun runBlockElse() {}
+
+fun multiStatement(fast: Boolean) {
+    val run = if (fast) { log(); ::runBlockThen } else { ::runBlockElse }
+    run()
+}
diff --git a/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/callable-alternatives-providers.test.ts b/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/callable-alternatives-providers.test.ts
index cace93f5d..dbcecde35 100644
--- a/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/callable-alternatives-providers.test.ts
+++ b/gitnexus/test/integration/resolvers/callable-alternatives-providers.test.ts
@@ -62,6 +62,18 @@ describe('Kotlin callable chosen by `?:` / `if` expression', () => {
       expect.arrayContaining(['ifExpression → runThen', 'ifExpression → runElse']),
     );
   });
+
+  // A braced branch nests its value in a `statements` node one level below
+  // the `control_structure_body` wrapper.
+  it('`if (c) { ::f } else { ::g }` reaches both branches', () => {
+    expect(callsOf(result)).toEqual(
+      expect.arrayContaining(['braced → runBracedThen', 'braced → runBracedElse']),
+    );
+  });
+
+  it('a multi-statement branch keeps the whole `if` opaque', () => {
+    expect(callsOf(result).filter((edge) => edge.startsWith('multiStatement →'))).toEqual([]);
+  });
 });
 
 describe('Swift callable chosen by `??` / `?:`', () => {